KC Evolves with New Leader

Agency brings in new leader with focus on growth and innovation for clients.

Minneapolis, MN – Kruskopf & Company (KC) announces the arrival of Chris Actis to the agency as President and Chief Growth Officer. Chris is a digital native in marketing communications and media and has worked in client and executive leadership roles across the US and Asia for the past 22 years. He joins KC from his role as President of the Midwest region for IPG’s Initiative in Chicago.

“Over the last 30 years, KC has navigated a complete transformation of our industry and evolved into a modern full-service strategy, creative and media agency,” said CEO and Founder Sue Kruskopf, “With Chris’s diverse background and focus on innovation, KC is setting itself up for the next 30 years of transformation.”

Starting his career with the Messner agency in NY, Chris was part of one of the first true digital departments within a 4A’s agency where he worked on MCI WorldCom and Volvo. His other roles have included heading up the Warner-Lambert/Pfizer portfolio at JWT, running Kohl’s and Wendy’s at MRM/McCann, time spent as brand strategist at Scient and an ad tech startup called United Virtualities, and media agency leadership at Mediavest where he ran the Walmart and Walmart.com digital investment. Prior to his most recent stint at Initiative, he spent five years in Asia handling the digital media investment for P&G China in Guangzhou and in Hong Kong as APAC Managing Director at Ogilvy’s performance marketing agency Neo.

“Our clients will immediately benefit from Chris’s focus on innovative media and marketing strategies and his deep experience in account service, strategy, planning, analytics, and technology implementation,” said Kruskopf, “He’s done everything from helping to develop digital products that employ search and social data to helping implement content and UX roadmaps for clients across multiple categories including travel, CPG, B2B, and tech.”

Chris will be an executive leader across all client accounts, overseeing strategy, thought leadership, and investment guardianship while ensuring the agency continues to deliver smart strategies, bold creative and modern media solutions that deliver against client objectives.

“Businesses and brands live in an ever more complex environment. Now more than ever, clients need an agency that is smart, agile and continually exploring fresh new ways to help them connect with their customers,” said Kruskopf, “KC is answering the call by adding a leader willing to push boundaries, evolve and innovate for both our client’s and our agency’s success.”

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